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...must reluctantly, however, indicate one minor flaw-the historian surely meant to say, not Magna Charta, but Magna Chortle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 16, 1953 | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

...cloak about her, crying, "Honi soit qui mat y pense!', which, being translated, means: 'Thy need is greater than mine!' The Queen graciously responded, 'Dieu et mon droit!', which translated means, 'My God, you are right!' This incident is called the Magna Charta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: It Happened One Night | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...Britain with a high professional polish. But the competence of the first show, a playlet dealing with an insurance agent falsely accused of murder and attempted rape, was overshadowed by the glossy commercials delivered in pear-shaped tones by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. himself, and including asides on the Magna Carta and the American Revolution, and the suggestion that the international set is rapidly abandoning pink champagne in favor of the more dizzying delights of Rheingold beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

...competed for the CRIMSON news board. He was elected to the paper January 17, 1912 after the traditional rugged competition lasting all fall. For the test of his college career which wasn't long since he graduated in there years he successfully juggled studies and the CRIMSON, gaining a magna in the first and becoming assistant managing editor of the second...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: Conant Set College History Through 20 Years of Reign | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...purple and red cassocks be eliminated, 2) that purple robes, which are used in time of mourning and during Lent and Advent, be made of wool instead of silk (the scarlet formal dress will continue to be made of silk), 3) that the six-yard train on the cappa magna, the long ceremonial cape which cardinals wear, be shortened to three yards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sober Life, Sober Vestments | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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